5 more RuZZian tank losses. Their spring offensive has been a smashing failure.
My amateur military analysis: RuZZia’s lack of air superiority is killing them. They can’t fly jets over most of Ukraine. If they could, they could attempt to interdict Western military aid convoys, search and destroy HIMARs, etc. Their planes basically only fly over occupied territory. It means they will lose this war.
Not only has RuZZian armor been destroyed in Vuhledar, but RuZZian infantry as well. (video from 2 weeks ago)
“Black Company of the 72nd Brigade in the Vuhledar direction confronts the Russian 155th marine brigade.”
https://twitter.com/PaulJawin/status/1624092145056448512
Agreed, and why gen 4 jets and their assorted drop s would make a big difference. US success is directly associated with air supremacy. With air supremacy you can do a lot more with a lot less. All those artillery systems wrecking havoc would be gone, ammo, POL, supply and troop concentrations and depots gone
Throw in 25 and 40 mm auto cannons and human waves become even more of a killing field
What do you mean “lose”?
On the Ukraine side, they have had time to prepare to for whatever form the attack occurred. If it is necessary to retreat from Bakhmut or from Luhansk to the Oskil, the Ukraine command is ready for it. Ukraine is training and equipping soldiers, not turning convicts into fertilizer.
Russia is trading lives and equipment for a few meters per day, Ukraine is trading those meters per day into heavier Russian losses and time to for their military to get stronger and receive new equipment. Unless there is a drastic change the Russian “win” from this offensive are shaping up to by “Pyrrhic”.
Its should be embarrassing when a army launches a major attack (maybe?) and it takes a few days for anyone to tell the difference from the attack and their current operations.